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Was Mexico all about revenge or about need?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 30, 2006, 03:50:30 pm ---It is sad and ironic but it seems like the thing homophobic men talk about most is homosexuality. Some people focus most on the thing they fear and hate. You want to hear about Hillary Clinton, just dial up Bill O'Reily or what's his name, you know, the drug addict. ::)
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Rush Limbaugh? :P
I think you're absolutely right about the amount of time homophobic men spend talking about homosexuality. Maybe that's why Ennis didn't need an instruction manual in TS1: He'd heard coworkers talking about it so much that he already knew what to do.
twistedude:
O.K. Don't read them What the fuck do I care! After all, why should i be entitled to an opinion on this subject?
Front-Ranger:
Julie, I apologize, I am not a fanfiction reader, but if I were I would definitely read "For Swede with love and squalor." Even the title is very interesting!! However, it is all I can do to leaf through my New Yorker every week as I've been doing religiously for more than 10 years. I'm always looking to see if Annie has a new story!!
Momof2:
--- Quote from: moremojo on August 30, 2006, 03:59:20 pm ---Sure enough...and methinks they focus on what they fear and hate in themselves. Why would a man secure in his own heterosexuality get unduly worked up about the issue, unless maybe he became the unwelcome object of a gay man's attentions? And even then, why can't a straight man regard the admiration of another man as a compliment rather than a threat? One should be wary of overgeneralizations, but I perceive that women tend to be a lot less hung up on the issue of sexual identity than men, and are more open to experimentation, and I think this has a whole lot to do with the differences between how men and women are socialized in our culture.
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I sometimes ask my husband if he thinks a man is good looking and he will look at me crazy. I asked him had he never thought a man was good looking. He said he guess he never really thought about. I make comments all the time about how beautiful a woman is and he sometimes thinks so other times not. I guess it is what a person's opinion as to what beauty is. So I guess if a straight man never thinks of men as good looking it would seem odd to them that another man would think they are beautiful.
My husband and I were at the mall one day. I think my husband is an incredibly sexy good looking man. We walked by a group of young men and one of them made a comment about how good looking my husband was. Also a comment about his butt. My husband turned around and said dumb kids. I think he kind of got a kick out of it. He tried to act like he didnt. I so "Oh honey, take it as a complement. Who cares who notices how beautiful you are. He just gave one of his little this is making me uncomfortable smile.
Front-Ranger:
Thank you, Scott and Jeff, for saying this more clearly than I could. Yeah, Rush, how could I forget! (easily).
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